This letter appeared in last week’s Sunday Times:
DENNIS Brutus, who passed away, was an African political icon, and a global legend.
He was an Ajax, defying the lightning of despotism and an ardent foe of racism. He taught us not to be subservient at the cost of liberty.
If only time can judge the verity of his work, it is equally true that only contemporaries can appraise the verity of his character. While the future will find that his work will speak for itself, those to come will turn to the contemporaries to learn the qualities of this extraordinary man I was fortunate enough to have met years ago.
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